Sedum Species, Stonecrop

This is my absolute favorite species of sedum hands down. Sedum palmeri is almost a perfect mimic of tender echiverias - this species gro...Read Morews in beautiful blue rosettes, and forms long succulent trunks. I almost couldn’t believe this species was hardy to zone 7, it looks very much like a tender zone 9 or 10 succulent. I have been growing this species here in Salt Lake City, Utah (zone 7b) for almost 10 years now, and it has never showed the slightest bit of damage in the heat or cold. This species absolutely thrives in our native sandy, gravelly soil here in Utah. It also has some of the best winter appearance out of any evergreen sedum, at least in this climate. It only turns a slight purple / orange color along the leaf edges, contrasted with the normal blue green color everywhere else. Other than that, it stays completely erect and attractive during winter in dry zone 7b climates. The best / most attractive way to plant this species is on top of a boulder draping down over the edge, on top of a mound, or other high points. You really want to show off those beautiful, long trailing trunks. I have many specimens all over my garden, and they obviously pair fantastically with cacti, agaves, nolinas, yuccas, and other silver leafed evergreens. Absolutely fantastic plant!

It has proven very drought hardy living through the Texas drought of 5.5" of rain in 2011. It was planted on a steep grade in Central Te...Read Morexas under a Mountain Ashe Cedar < so it can deal with that environment. It loves the alkaline soil, heat, 12 degree cold , and it blooms so beautifully and drapes over a rock edge nicely too. My only sadness is that after 5 years in the ground, the deer have caught on that it is very tasty and told all their friends. I fear that I will never see it bloom again.

If this plant was a little hardier I would give it a 'positive', but even in my Z9b garden in Cornwall it can get damaged by -6C or below...Read More, although it usually recovers quickly.
It is definitely the most attractive of the Mexican sedums which are hardy enough to grow in Britain. It looks like a miniature sprawling Aeonium.
In semi shade it is a beautiful soft green, but in sunshine it goes soft pink. Pot-bound, neglected plants get bare stems as the leaves fall off,but planted out and given a little water, the stems soon produce dozens of side shoots and it becomes a mass of foliage.
I plant mine so they are protected to the North by a hardy plant (e.g. Yucca) during the winter.

A hybrid of this plant called 'Green Rose' is larger and almost as hardy.